Strawberry Leaf Plate
Factory:
Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory
Proprietor:
Littler, William
Soft-paste porcelain soup plate, moulded in relief, and decorated with leaves and fruits of strawberry plants in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain soup plate, moulded in relief, lead-glazed, and painted in red, yellow, green, blue, purple and puce enamels. The deep circular plate has a turned-out wavy rim, moulded alternately with leaves and fruiting strawberry plants, and stands on a low, ground footring. The moulded decoration is naturalistically coloured, and the plate is further painted with scattered sprays and sprigs of flowers, in the style of the 'Trembly Rose Painter'. A pair with C.81-1933.
History note: Unknown before testator
Bequeathed by the Rev. A. V. Valentine-Richards
Diameter: 23.5 cm
Height: 4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-04-05) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
18th Century, Mid
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1755
Decoration composed of enamels ( red, yellow, green, blue, purple and puce)
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief, lead-glazed, and painted in red, yellow, green, blue, purple and puce enamels
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.80-1933
Primary reference Number: 38134
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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